Health Care Plan

National health care . . . hot potato of the moment. Almost desperate opponents, making all sorts of shrill, outrageous charges against the administration and proponents of health care legislation.

There is much confusion in regard to the fact that Medicare and Veteran’s Health Care Administration are also run by the government, and more efficiently than most health care plans, too, for many decades. Let’s hear it for one more health care entity which enables all Americans to have some type of coverage. No program run by any group of people is perfect, and this one will not be either. It will melt into the populace, championed by some and criticized by others; finally, there will be an option for those who can’t pay for private insurance and do not have access to corporate benefits. In addition, no one will be forced to opt for the plan. Everyone still has a choice. Tim Foley’s blog is a great source of accurate information regarding the plan, if anyone’s interested.

What about any of the above rankles so deeply? The cost? Tax dollars are already being spent at a furious pace . . . in the war, on the military, on special perks for members of congress and their families, who do not retire with plain ol’ social security benefits, thanks to special legislation designed and put in place to take care of their own; what do these raging opponents believe they might be able to prevent? And why choose this useful, necessary plan as the target of so many vicious attacks?

There is Medicare (for people 65 and older) and VA (for veterans); both are currently more efficient in every way than privately insured health care . . . why not serve those citizens who do not fall in either of these categories? There are millions, including children and young parents. Those who want to keep their insurance in place are free to do so.

We just need to chill and take care of business.